About us

Orange County Flight Center, is a premier flight school situated in one of the best flight training environments in the United States and located at John Wayne Airport Campus, California and has been a home to aviation enthusiasts and pilots alike since 1981. At OCFC excellence is a standard and flight safety comes first, within a joyous environment bringing fun of each and every flying experience.  OCFC offers a non-stop flight to success. Our goal is a simple one, to create safe, well trained professional pilots in the industry and to provide our students with a seamless and rapid start to a career in aviation. Whether it be a career in aviation or to experience the challenge and adventure of flight OCFC is the place to become a safe and competent pilot. OCFC is nationally recognized as a great place to learn to fly and receive professional flight training and instruction.  OCFC strives to provide exceptional customer service, a friendly atmosphere, and provides most affordable flight lessons in California.  We welcome all to stop by at OCFC and meet with our friendly staff and walk through our facility.

Whether or not you have had any flight training, OCFC will train both domestic and international students regardless of your flight experience.  Your aviation goal, recreational or career training, OCFC’s flight training is designed to fulfill and fit your individual needs. Simply stated, as a Part 61 and Part 141 flight school, OCFC meets the requirements of a Federal Aviation Administration.

OCFC offers a variety of licensing options including Private, Instrument, Commercial in Single Engine and Multi-Engine aircraft and Certified flight instructor training.  Our accelerated and heavily discounted flight school programs can take a student from zero experience to a paid airline pilot in less than two years. Our flight training programs are set in a casual setting that model a “hands-on” approach, ensuring that all students receive the knowledge that is required to be a safe and competent aviator.  Flight lessons at OCFC are provided 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

At OCFC, a student will master GPS equipped aircraft, glass panel aircraft, single engine and multi engine aircraft.  OCFC is also equipped with simulator technology available from Redbird and Frasca.  Training at OCFC provides a student with the highest level of flight experience that airlines and corporate flight departments look for in a resume.California and John Wayne Airport offers one of the best commercial flight training environments in the world.  Fantastic weather and sunshine give our pilots mor safe and consistent flying days where neither summer nor winter seem as hot or cold as other hostile flight environment elsewhere.Flying at John Wayne Airport, located in Orange County, California is unique, exhilarating and rewarding.